Those who know me well, know that I’m constantly stressed out about Calvin’s progress. I try to pull off the ‘I don’t care about Ages & Stages’ or ‘All in Due time’ approach to parenting, but I always fall short. When he was younger, I would always worry if he had enough words or smiled…

Yesterday was quite a day. Calvin visited The Battery Atlanta (where the Braves play baseball) for the first time. We had our first visit from EMS (How we made it to 4 is beyond be!). And as I had my very first panic attack, I came to the realization that no experience, training, or degree…

It’s June 4th, which means I’m late reporting everything that we did in May! It was such a busy month. We really embraced our homeschool tribe this month, starting weekly meet-ups with a great group of kids. We literally started the month of May (May 1) with our Art & Play meet-up. The kids did…

For those of you who read my blog posts, you’ve probably noticed that I haven’t posted in a while. There are a few reasons for this: 1. It’s time consuming, and we’re busy people. 2. We’ve been homeschooling for over 4 months now, and I lost a little bit of my motivation. 3. Some…

Monday, April 2– Museum Monday at the Fernbank Museum and a visit to our friend’s house Tuesday, April 3- I spent most of the morning doing errands in preparation for our trip. That afternoon, we facilitated and Art & Play date with our homeschool group at the Avondale ArtLot. Wednesday, April 4-…

We’ve been just too busy for me to sit down and write about the week, so here are the photos from last week! Monday, March 26- Children’s Museum Back Tuesday, March 27- Trip to Lowe’s and Backyard Earth Science/Art Wednesday, March 28- Library storytime and Art & Play Homeschool Playdate at Esther Peachy Park Thursday,…

Monday , March 19- Monday morning, we started working on “seed paper”. We tore up different kinds of paper and soaked it in water. Then we left to read to the cats at FurKids. When we returned, the paper was mushy. We blended it up in the blender, mixed in our wildflower seeds, and squished…

Let me set the scene: We’re in a restaurant with one of Calvin’s best friends and her family after an eventful afternooon at the reptile exhibit. Calvin is almost in full meltdown mode. He pushes his friend and crumples the coloring pages that she is trying to offer him to calm him down. He refuses…

Monday, March 12th– Calvin woke up on Monday morning and requested that we go to HippoHop, a local indoor playground. Since it was raining outside, I couldn’t see a reason not to. Unfortunately, HippoHop is closed on Mondays, so we drove up to JumpJump instead. Calvin made a new friend and spent almost four hours…

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Why “Hear Me Roar”?

When Calvin was younger, he communicated mostly through ‘roaring’. He would talk to Chris and I, but I remember him having full conversations with my extended family in the form of roaring. He’s my little lion man.

And, when it comes to Calvin, I’m a mama lioness. I’m fiercely protective of him. Lioness are strong and fierce and loud when they need to be, and I’d have to say that I fit that bill. When cubs are threatened, lionesses will roar as loud as they can to protect their children. And when challenged, the lioness can and will take on anyone or anything to protect and provide for her children. A lioness can see the light on the darkest of nights. This blog is my way of finding light in the darkest times.